tearmeanewone | rendez-vous + APPOINTMENT POST

Well I tried to warn you-- [Elizabeth stops talking so she can kiss. Because as limited as she is in her dating experience, she at least knows you can't kiss and talk at the same time. Her hand drifts almost uncertainly over Gai's cheek, her fingertips finally resting on it as a sort of compromise between full contact and none at all. She's getting better, getting a little bolder...]

[But she still breaks it when she feels they've had the moment and falls back an inch or two.] --but you didn't listen. So I don't think you're in a position to expect me to listen.

[This time his laugh is closer to its usual tone, albeit still slightly breathless thanks to the kiss-- not that he's complaining about that at all. When they break apart, he just leans his forehead against hers, not wanting to pull away too far.]

Unfortunately, that's something I've never been very good at. I'm used to giving the orders, not taking them.

Well I hope you aren't expecting me to take your orders. [She grins and pushes back against Gai's forehead, almost like a playful headbutt.] It takes nothing short of a firefight for that to happen, and even then I'm used to calling some of the shots.

That all depends on the situation.

[And, because he's terrible and wants to get her back for knocking him off-kilter emotionally like that, he tilts his head to the side just enough so that he can breathe against her ear:]

Sometimes taking orders can be a great deal of fun.

Gai! [Elizabeth laughs and pushes him back. Her hand immediately goes to her ear because... wow, that was new and left her a little tingly. She couldn't decide if it was a good thing or not, either.]

I suspect that is a reference to something I haven't read about yet. I still have all of my notes, should I start reading them again? Right in front of the bar?

[He takes a step back, grinning. Yeah, he kind of deserved that, and he doesn't really care.]

No, it would be far more entertaining if you started reading them in the bar, preferably after a drink or two. I'd be interested in hearing what else you thought was worthy of taking notes on.

I hate to ruin your fun, but I only took notes on the things I found absolutely and laughably awful. [She smirks and turns to keep on walking.]

You'll have to test a few theories before you discover what had me avidly turning pages. [Yeah, she can play Gai's game. ...a little bit?]

Oh? And how do you propose I test that?

[He could easily have made a very dirty implication here, but he's more interested in seeing if SHE'S going to make the implication instead. Two can play at this game, oh yes.

Good thing that following a little behind her means that she can't see the smirk on his face right now.]

Mm... [Elizabeth pretends to think.] You're the experienced one. I don't think the blind should be leading those with perfect vision.

[Well, not quite the same implication. But she's trying, give her points for that.]

[Now he raises his eyebrows, wondering if she really gets the implications of just what she's suggesting. But they can worry about that later; now it's time for drinking and bad singing and all of those other fun things.]

I like to think of myself as being a good teacher where that kind of thing is concerned.

Good. [Elizabeth turns around and walks backwards for a few steps, smiling shyly.] Just don't put too much on your student all at once...

[Because while some of what she read in those romance novels was interesting, she's not ready to go there at all. That's a level of intimacy she can't wrap her head around just yet.]

Only as much as you think you can handle.

[It's exactly because he's experienced that he understands why she would want to wait, and frankly, it doesn't bother him at all-- an odd thought in and of itself, since normally his aim would be just to have a bit of fun, no strings attached. This "relationship" thing is definitely going to take some getting used to on his part.]

We'll have to figure out what that is... Is this it? [Elizabeth points to the door of Good Spirits.] Huh, I've always wondered what this place is.

Yeah, this is it. Shall we?

[And he opens the door to hold it for her, silently praying that tonight will be a quiet night at the bar. They've had quite enough excitement for one date already.]

[Quiet night? Ha.]

[Once the bar gets its round of ales and really starts singing, Elizabeth gets into it. Really into it...]

[And while she's generally a one-or-two-drinks type of girl, after she shudders through an additional shot of tequila some well-meaning person offered her, all bets are off. She's clapping right along with everyone and laughing as people stumble over one another trying to dance.]

This is amazing!

[This was NOT exactly what Gai had had in mind for a first date... okay, so maybe the getting the rest of the bar to sing was, but now Elizabeth is singing too and where did she get that shot? Gai definitely didn't see whoever-it-was offer it to her.

He is a failure as a chaperone and yet he finds he doesn't really care, because this IS turning out to be rather fun.

But he is also not planning on getting drunk himself, so he's just drinking a beer for the time being as he watches her enjoy herself.]

You wouldn't think this was your first time at a bar. You're a natural at this.

Really? [She grins, absolutely delighted that she's somehow fitting into the scene without really having been inside a bar like this before.]

What about you? [Elizabeth points at his beer, still grinning as though she knows something Gai doesn't know. ...which she doesn't. At all.] Is that all you're going to have?

I'd prefer not to end up dancing on the tables tonight. Someone is going to have to walk you home after this, and I'm not asking one of the other people here to chaperone us both. A date involves two people, not three.

[He takes another sip of beer to punctuate that statement, and also to hide his own smile. Okay, so this may be the makings of a disaster just waiting to happen, but she's kind of adorable when she's tipsy like this.]

People dance on tables? [FASCINATING. And maybe she said that a little too loudly because now some of the more intoxicated patrons are thinking that's a pretty good idea. Elizabeth gapes as it starts, wondering vaguely if someone's going to fall and break something. Then she frowns and processes the rest of what Gai said.]

So... wait a minute. You would walk me home even if I hadn't had something to drink, wouldn't you?

[... Gai is SO not taking responsibility for this. Admittedly, it's been a while since he last had this kind of entertainment here at the bar, but it's one thing when he's by his lonesome and something completely different when he's serving as an escort to someone who has never been to a bar before, much less gotten drunk.

Her question causes him to blink as he sets his glass down, not quite sure what she's getting at.]

Yeah, of course. You didn't think I would?

I don't know-- [Elizabeth startles a little as someone falls off a table behind her. But then it's back to business.] I didn't ask! I asked you last time, at the party. Because I wanted to talk to you a bit more. And I suppose you could have said no... right?

Oh? Why would I want to say no? If I didn't want to talk to you, would I be here with you right now?

[Really, of all the silly things to be asking.]

I suppose not. But you could have wanted to stay at the party. And tonight... maybe you have somewhere else to go after being here with me. [Not that she knows where that is or what it might be.]

But... it's a part of the date, the walking? [She gestures a bit, somewhat unnecessarily.] When do I walk you home, then? When I haven't had alcohol?

Yes and yes, and right now you're going to have some water before you end up regretting this entire date tomorrow morning and decide that you don't want a chance to walk me home after all.

[He'll just wave the bartender down to ask for a glass of it, and maybe some chips or something to munch on as well.

Note to self: find a second date option that does NOT involve alcohol.]

Why would I regret it tomorrow morning? [Whoops.]

I shouldn't have had so much, though. [She frowns as the water comes down in front of her.] It was my turn to walk you, technically.

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